A very good salad inspired by Szechuan cookery from ” Mezcla” by Ixta Belfrage. The crumpet croutons go well with many salads
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Brussels Sprouts with Browned Butter and Black Garlic (4)
Cauliflower with Crispy Onions and Tahini Dressing (2)
Broccoli and Sesame Noodles (4)
Chickpeas with Halloumi, Broccoli and Pomegranate (2)
Noodles with Peanuts, Sugar Snaps and Cucumber (4)
Ful Medames (4)
A spicy bean stew which is often eaten for breakfast throughout the Middle East and North Africa. In 1980 I spent a month in Egypt staying in youth hostels and with very little money, and this is what we ate, daily. This version is from ” The Little Book of Brunch” by Caroline Craig and Sophie Missing.
Chicken with Zaatar and tahini (4)
Roast Roots with Tahini (4)
Chicken Shawarma (6)
Pumpkin with Noodles (4)
Root Vegetables with Chickpeas and Harissa (4)
Lamb Cutlets with Hummus (4)
Halloumi with Roast Chickpeas (4)
Tahini Crunch Greens (2)
This is adapted as a main dish for two from a recipe for “Sweet and Salty Tahini Crunch Greens” in Anna Jones’s brilliant cookbook ” A Modern Way to Eat” 2014. She suggests serving it as a side but i liked it on its own.Its a great way to incorporate kale into your diet but you can vary the vegetables according to the season. For people like me who are adopting an increasingly vegetarian diet her book is really inspiring. She lives locally to me too so i should not have too much difficulty sourcing any more unusual ingredients.